The H-E-B at 61st Street and Stewart Road is open. The store also is giving away free bags of ice. Walgreens drug store at 2715 61st is open, except for the pharmcacy, until 10 p.m. Sunday. Arlan's on 25th and Ave. P in Galveson is open until 7 p.m. The Kroger store at 57th Street and Seawall Boulevard is not open, but is selling water, other beverages, ice, chips and other items from the sidewalk.

PORT BOLIVAR — Residents probably would not be allowed to return to the Bolivar Peninsula for "several days," Galveston County Judge Jim Yarbrough said during a noon news conference. Yarbrough said there was about three feet of water over state Highway 87 between Gilchrist and High Island. He said sheriff's and constable's deputies were patroling the area to keep property safe.

GALVESTON — Island residents trying to return home Saturday were finding Interstate 45 S. blocked by law enforcement officers just north of the Tiki Island exit. Reports from the scene said traffic was backed up all the way to Bayou Vista.

Officials said no one would be allowed to return to the island until it was deemed safe to do so. No word on when that might be, but a news conference was planned for about noon. Law enforcement officials said National Guard troops were being dispatched to the island.

Tiki island was also closed, mainly because it is south of the police road block